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You tired of the shitcoiners getting your way of ushering in hyper Bitcoinization?</span> <span class="cue" id="t-8" data-t="8">Come on down to Trinkets for Plebs where decentralization</span> <span class="cue" id="t-11" data-t="11">ain't just a buzzword. It's a lifestyle.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-14" data-t="14">Now I can't tell you that these trinkets do much, but I can tell you they shine brighter than Fiat promises and they're built tougher than a shit poster in a bear market. You like freedom? You like sound money? You like things that make your in laws nervous at Thanksgiving? Then brother, you need yourself a pleb trinket. These little beauties whisper one truth and one truth only. Bitcoin is money. Say it with me now. Bitcoin is money. And folks, I ain't talking about some fancy Wall Street ETF nonsense. No, sir. I'm talking peer to peer, open source, borderless magic, Internet hard money trinkets. Don't ask how it works. Just know the plebs are stacking them. The bonafide, glorified, purity test certified trinkets are running out faster than block space when Ooty has VC money. So bring your sats, your hash power, and your best buddy, Jim, the one who still thinks Dogecoin's a retirement plan. And come on down to Trinkets for Plebs, where we don't sell dreams, we mine them. Trinkets for Plebs,</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-69">1:09</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-69" data-t="69">decentralization</span> <span class="cue" id="t-70" data-t="70">you can hold in your hand.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-72">1:12</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Kailey Welch</b> <span class="cue" id="t-72" data-t="72">Seriously, who the fuck thought it was a good idea to take a sponsorship from Trinkets with Plebs? I'm getting so tired of all the fucking Club Slop stuff, guys. I just don't wanna hear about it anymore. I don't fucking care. Yes. It's there, and we all have to see it every single day, but you need to stop talking about it. It's become a problem, an addiction. You are addicted to calling out plebslop. Why can't you just be addicted to things like normal people are? Just do some cocaine, get really drunk, and screw some hookers. There's some cute ones out there if you hang around Michael Saylor. Quit tearing down the heroes of the plebs and exposing them for spewing worthless plebs slop. I don't care if this is the biggest story of the century. Just fucking cut it out, you maniacs. Anyways, even if you keep on going, I'll still love you guys. This is Kayley Welch, and you are listening to the Bugle Weekly.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-111">1:51</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-111" data-t="111">Alright, folks.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-113" data-t="113">We're gonna try something</span> <span class="cue" id="t-115" data-t="115">a little bit different for this episode.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-117" data-t="117">Ron and I are gonna give our opinions. We're we're about a year in</span> <span class="cue" id="t-123" data-t="123">from the the greatest selection of our lifetimes.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-127" data-t="127">When Donald Trump was, selected for president of The United States, and</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-133">2:13</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-133" data-t="133">it was a big moment. It was a big moment in Bitcoin's history.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-137" data-t="137">It was a big moment in Solana meme coin's history.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-142" data-t="142">And,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-145" data-t="145">it's been a wild year. It's been a very wild year. It's</span> <span class="cue" id="t-148" data-t="148">it doesn't feel like</span> <span class="cue" id="t-150" data-t="150">it's been a year. It feels a lot longer. The the news cycle has been</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-155">2:35</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-155" data-t="155">intense because we're in the fourth turning.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-158" data-t="158">And in the fourth turning, it's it's the best time to be a journalist</span> <span class="cue" id="t-164" data-t="164">because you get</span> <span class="cue" id="t-166" data-t="166">to report on things that are actually consequential</span> <span class="cue" id="t-170" data-t="170">instead of, you know, typically what journalists do</span> <span class="cue" id="t-174" data-t="174">outside of the foreturning is they they make big deals out of things that aren't that important.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-179">2:59</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-179" data-t="179">But every day, you get to</span> <span class="cue" id="t-182" data-t="182">look at what's happening</span> <span class="cue" id="t-183" data-t="183">around you in the world and,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-185" data-t="185">you know, point to things that actually matter, which is, you know,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-189" data-t="189">why I find it kinda strange that there's so much plug slop because it's it's unnecessary.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-195" data-t="195">You can just talk about things that are interesting that are happening, but</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-202">3:22</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-202" data-t="202">we're not gonna talk about Pub Slaw</span> <span class="cue" id="t-204" data-t="204">that much in this episode,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-206" data-t="206">I don't think. I don't know what Rod's got in store, but I'm not planning on it.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-214" data-t="214">Yeah. I</span> <span class="cue" id="t-217" data-t="217">to be honest, I've been</span> <span class="cue" id="t-221" data-t="221">both impressed and disappointed</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-223">3:43</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-223" data-t="223">with the Trump presidency</span> <span class="cue" id="t-224" data-t="224">so far.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-227" data-t="227">His memes have been savage.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-231" data-t="231">His memes have been absolutely savage. He has,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-235" data-t="235">you know, really eviscerated</span> <span class="cue" id="t-238" data-t="238">the left. Like like, the Nazis can't meme, the left can't meme as well.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-243">4:03</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-243" data-t="243">And,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-245" data-t="245">the memes have been</span> <span class="cue" id="t-247" data-t="247">really crazy, but,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-249" data-t="249">just going through some of,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-252" data-t="252">I I think it's helpful</span> <span class="cue" id="t-255" data-t="255">to reflect</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-257">4:17</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-257" data-t="257">on things from time to time because</span> <span class="cue" id="t-260" data-t="260">when you're in the foreturning, when you're in these crazy news cycles, it's so easy to forget what just happened.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-267" data-t="267">And this is something that,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-269" data-t="269">you know, journalists and the media are very effective at is they they're very effective at just bombarding people</span> <span class="cue" id="t-277" data-t="277">so that they forget</span> <span class="cue" id="t-279" data-t="279">what happened previously.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-281">4:41</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-281" data-t="281">But, yeah, let's go through some of, Donald Trump's,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-285" data-t="285">campaign promises.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-287" data-t="287">So number one was immigration.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-290" data-t="290">He has really stuck to that one.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-294" data-t="294">He has been so hard on that one.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-297" data-t="297">There have been</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-299">4:59</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-299" data-t="299">civil unrest over it. It's been very jarring for a lot of people.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-304" data-t="304">Honest to do some large tax cuts, and, sure if taxes have really gotten that much affordable.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-311" data-t="311">He promised to make energy</span> <span class="cue" id="t-313" data-t="313">less expensive</span> <span class="cue" id="t-315" data-t="315">and to end inflation</span> <span class="cue" id="t-317" data-t="317">and make America affordable again.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-320">5:20</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-320" data-t="320">I don't think Americans right now are feeling like it's taxes are more affordable.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-326" data-t="326">I don't think they're feeling like energy is more affordable.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-330" data-t="330">Gas has stayed</span> <span class="cue" id="t-331" data-t="331">relatively flat</span> <span class="cue" id="t-333" data-t="333">over the past year. It it came down going into the selection.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-338" data-t="338">I don't think inflation has ended.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-343">5:43</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-343" data-t="343">It's kind of a you know, when you when you hear a a politician at this point</span> <span class="cue" id="t-347" data-t="347">of the economic cycle promise to end inflation,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-352" data-t="352">you know that they're lying because you've listened to Lynn Alden.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-356" data-t="356">You know, that Lynn Alden's hot and that she's telling the truth when,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-360" data-t="360">nothing stops this train.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-363" data-t="363">And,</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-364">6:04</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-364" data-t="364">I don't think the train has been slashed on that, but, yeah, energy prices have been going</span> <span class="cue" id="t-369" data-t="369">up across the board. And I would</span> <span class="cue" id="t-375" data-t="375">I think it's just because the plugs are deploying so many bit access start nine servers. Like, the capacity is just unreal.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-381" data-t="381">These guys are deploying these nonce nodes, and so</span> <span class="cue" id="t-385" data-t="385">it kind of counteracts,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-390" data-t="390">like, the the plum trinkets being deployed</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-395">6:35</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-395" data-t="395">are counteracting</span> <span class="cue" id="t-397" data-t="397">any sort of drop in energy prices due to slashing regulations.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-402" data-t="402">So what it I think it's too early</span> <span class="cue" id="t-406" data-t="406">to conclusively say he's failed</span> <span class="cue" id="t-409" data-t="409">on that. It's just,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-412" data-t="412">I don't know. You know?</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-414">6:54</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-414" data-t="414">This might be this thing where energy prices can't get</span> <span class="cue" id="t-419" data-t="419">cheaper because you you think</span> <span class="cue" id="t-421" data-t="421">as we hyper Bitcoinize,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-425" data-t="425">there's gonna be more and more plug trinkets deployed.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-430" data-t="430">I think that's a safe assumption. Like, you know,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-433" data-t="433">the the future</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-435">7:15</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-435" data-t="435">of hyperbitcoinization</span> <span class="cue" id="t-437" data-t="437">is a plugged trinket in every home or multiple plugged trinkets. So I think that's a that's a, like, a bad campaign promise,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-445" data-t="445">that,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-446" data-t="446">you know, you kinda have something working against you and the power of the plaives deploying trinkets.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-451" data-t="451">Promise to bring manufacturing back to The United States.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-457" data-t="457">And I I just don't think the robots have been deployed quick enough</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-461">7:41</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-461" data-t="461">to replace the illegal immigrants.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-463" data-t="463">So we'll probably have to give them another couple years, but they're they're working on those robots pretty quick.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-469" data-t="469">I think you promised no new wars.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-472" data-t="472">We've got a few</span> <span class="cue" id="t-474" data-t="474">new wars,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-476" data-t="476">but I'm I'm just gonna go over the surface level ones. But the country has changed a lot in the last year,</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-484">8:04</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-484" data-t="484">and the attitude has changed a lot.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-488" data-t="488">I spend my time with Bitcoin podcasters</span> <span class="cue" id="t-492" data-t="492">for the most part. I hang out with Bitcoin podcasters,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-495" data-t="495">and I hang out with the pioneers.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-497" data-t="497">And,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-499" data-t="499">what I see for the pioneers is all their lives are getting better.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-502">8:22</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-502" data-t="502">And the reason why their lives are getting better is not because of everything around them,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-507" data-t="507">but because of the things they're doing for themselves despite the things happening around them.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-512" data-t="512">But when I look at the plabs,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-515" data-t="515">their lives are dramatically getting worse.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-519" data-t="519">And I wouldn't blame Trump for that. I think there's just the consequences</span> <span class="cue" id="t-524" data-t="524">of tolerating</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-525">8:45</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-525" data-t="525">Plebs Law for so long,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-526" data-t="526">tolerating</span> <span class="cue" id="t-527" data-t="527">the nonsense,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-528" data-t="528">the</span> <span class="cue" id="t-530" data-t="530">building</span> <span class="cue" id="t-532" data-t="532">your world view, building your</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-535">8:55</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-535" data-t="535">decisions,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-536" data-t="536">the way that you form opinions and and make decisions,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-543" data-t="543">on top of nonsense, on top of slop.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-546" data-t="546">And there's consequences coming around for that.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-549" data-t="549">It works in the first, second, and third turning, but it it sure as hell doesn't work in the fourth. The the bill comes due,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-556" data-t="556">and the bill is due.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-558">9:18</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-558" data-t="558">And so the plebs are having a hard time. They're having a really hard time. A lot of plebs</span> <span class="cue" id="t-564" data-t="564">out there, they're feeling a sense of hopelessness.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-567" data-t="567">They're feeling a sense of,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-569" data-t="569">like, things are out of control.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-571" data-t="571">You you look at</span> <span class="cue" id="t-573" data-t="573">the</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-574">9:34</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-574" data-t="574">political</span> <span class="cue" id="t-575" data-t="575">PodCon</span> <span class="cue" id="t-577" data-t="577">ecosystem.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-578" data-t="578">They're talking about civil war. You talk to people outside of The United States, and they're they're asking</span> <span class="cue" id="t-583" data-t="583">what the civil war is like.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-587" data-t="587">The news that they're consuming is saying that it's it's already happening.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-591">9:51</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-591" data-t="591">And in a lot of ways, it is. But it's just not very clear</span> <span class="cue" id="t-595" data-t="595">what the sides are.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-597" data-t="597">You got the boomers standing in the streets</span> <span class="cue" id="t-599" data-t="599">yelling no kings.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-603" data-t="603">But that's kinda hard to, point out and say it's a definitive</span> <span class="cue" id="t-607" data-t="607">civil war.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-610">10:10</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-610" data-t="610">Because the the boomers aren't gonna fight for anything.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-614" data-t="614">At this point, they're they're too old.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-616" data-t="616">They're gonna go back home</span> <span class="cue" id="t-619" data-t="619">and,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-622" data-t="622">you know, cash their Social Security checks so they can go out to the casino.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-626" data-t="626">Their their fight's over.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-630">10:30</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-630" data-t="630">But we're watching globally. I mean, it's been really interesting. The Zoomers are overthrowing governments</span> <span class="cue" id="t-635" data-t="635">all around the world. The broccoli haircuts, they're storming.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-639" data-t="639">They're government buildings. They're spanking their politicians.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-643" data-t="643">We have yet to see that</span> <span class="cue" id="t-644" data-t="644">type of anger really</span> <span class="cue" id="t-647" data-t="647">foment in The US to that extent, and I don't know if it's coming.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-653">10:53</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-653" data-t="653">It might come.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-657" data-t="657">But, yeah, for the the clubs, we're going into the holiday season.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-662" data-t="662">And things are gonna be really hard for the clubs. They're they're gonna be asking themselves, should they buy their family Christmas presents or should should they save to be able to afford their taxes?</span> <span class="cue" id="t-672" data-t="672">They're going to be,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-675" data-t="675">you know, having to make some hard financial decisions. And this has been ongoing for some time, but it it seems like it's accelerating,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-682" data-t="682">and it's accelerating fast.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-685">11:25</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-685" data-t="685">And,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-686" data-t="686">there's this looming trade war.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-689" data-t="689">Well, it's not looming. It's been ongoing, but</span> <span class="cue" id="t-692" data-t="692">it's kinda hanging over right now with some,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-695" data-t="695">tensions between The US and China if that really,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-699" data-t="699">heats</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-700">11:40</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-700" data-t="700">up right now or doesn't get resolved really quick this week.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-706" data-t="706">Christmas could be pretty painful for some people. Thanksgiving could be pretty painful for some people. But the the biggest change,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-713" data-t="713">I think, is just there there's a sense of uncertainty,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-717" data-t="717">and the plebs do not like uncertainty.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-721" data-t="721">They like stability. They like it is part of the reason why they</span> <span class="cue" id="t-725" data-t="725">they get sucked into these,</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-727">12:07</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-727" data-t="727">constructs like government and,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-732" data-t="732">you know, they're looking around. They were at the conference in Nashville. They were so excited about Trump saying, have fun playing with your Bitcoins.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-740" data-t="740">And the price hasn't gone up to the extent that they wanted it to.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-745" data-t="745">The price hasn't been exciting.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-747" data-t="747">And all they all they've gotten</span> <span class="cue" id="t-749" data-t="749">is podcasters</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-751">12:31</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-751" data-t="751">telling them that Bitcoin's broken.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-754" data-t="754">The price hasn't gone up.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-757" data-t="757">Luke's out there saying that Bitcoin's weaker than ever.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-761" data-t="761">Their situation is significantly harder right now. And they're they're upset. They're they're grumpy. They they were, you know, they were watching Simply Bitcoin</span> <span class="cue" id="t-769" data-t="769">videos, and they were told that what amount of Bitcoin they needed to be able to retire.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-776" data-t="776">And they acquired that amount of Bitcoin, and,</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-779">12:59</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-779" data-t="779">they they can barely afford to, pay their taxes.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-783" data-t="783">That's their situation right now.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-786" data-t="786">And</span> <span class="cue" id="t-788" data-t="788">they're they're,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-789" data-t="789">you know, wondering if they're ever gonna be able to retire, if they were ever gonna be able to buy a house, if they're ever going to be able to,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-798" data-t="798">you know, get to the point where they're actually able to do anything that they wanna do.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-803">13:23</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-803" data-t="803">And,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-809" data-t="809">it's fascinating</span> <span class="cue" id="t-810" data-t="810">to watch. I I mean, I think the the biggest thing that has been,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-814" data-t="814">you know, really fascinating for me to watch over the past year is the the complete divergence between the experience the clubs are having and the pioneers.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-824" data-t="824">You know, the individuals that are that are taking ownership for their</span> <span class="cue" id="t-828" data-t="828">themselves, their minds, their lives, the the success that they're having, the,</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-833">13:53</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-833" data-t="833">you know, creative adventures that they're going on,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-837" data-t="837">people starting families, people having kids, people</span> <span class="cue" id="t-841" data-t="841">doing some really, really cool building businesses.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-846" data-t="846">There's a lot of opportunity out there even though, you know, things are chaotic.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-852" data-t="852">And I think a huge part of it is a mindset. Plums want stability. They wanna be ruled. They want to be</span> <span class="cue" id="t-860" data-t="860">given things</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-863">14:23</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-863" data-t="863">without a lot of effort.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-864" data-t="864">That's why that's why they like slop is because it it doesn't take a lot of effort to consume. It doesn't take a lot of thought.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-871" data-t="871">They can just look at it, you know, feel good about themselves. Wow. I'm so informed.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-876" data-t="876">I I'm on the right side of things.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-879" data-t="879">Whatever it is. Like, that that that that's the the instant gratification of consuming slop is feeling like</span> <span class="cue" id="t-886" data-t="886">you</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-889">14:49</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-889" data-t="889">I'm already failing not to talk about it. I I guess I guess Kaylee was right, and I am completely addicted to, pop slop at this point. But</span> <span class="cue" id="t-898" data-t="898">there's an instant gratification of consuming that of of this confirmation bias of, I'm on the right team.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-907" data-t="907">I'm on the right side of history. And what and, you know, there's been this severe condition in,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-913" data-t="913">at least in The United States. It's probably global or at least, you know, largely in the Western United States.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-920" data-t="920">Around the allied</span> <span class="cue" id="t-922" data-t="922">forces</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-924">15:24</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-924" data-t="924">being victorious in World War two</span> <span class="cue" id="t-927" data-t="927">and being on the right side of history.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-931" data-t="931">I don't know what it'd be like to grow up in Japan.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-934" data-t="934">Like, what what is the the storytelling there? They were on the wrong side of history, like, never repeat it?</span> <span class="cue" id="t-940" data-t="940">What's like to be in Germany, just completely emasculated as population, you're on the wrong side of history.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-946" data-t="946">Never never again.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-950">15:50</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-950" data-t="950">But in the West,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-951" data-t="951">outside of those countries,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-954" data-t="954">we're told we're on the right side of history.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-957" data-t="957">And,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-959" data-t="959">democracy, freedom, and, you know, that's what the plus want. They want they wanna feel that way. But the, you know, the the thing is,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-967" data-t="967">in times of tribulation, in times</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-971">16:11</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-971" data-t="971">of difficulties,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-972" data-t="972">being on the right side of the history</span> <span class="cue" id="t-975" data-t="975">tends</span> <span class="cue" id="t-976" data-t="976">to mean that you do the hard thing.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-979" data-t="979">And the clubs will never do the hard thing.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-983" data-t="983">I don't I don't know if it's an unwillingness</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-985">16:25</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-985" data-t="985">or in incapability,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-987" data-t="987">but it</span> <span class="cue" id="t-988" data-t="988">I guess it depends on the individual and the decisions that they make,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-994" data-t="994">and the personality. Some people are just incapable</span> <span class="cue" id="t-997" data-t="997">of ever being sentient, but</span> <span class="cue" id="t-999" data-t="999">I think a lot of them make the decision not to. They they weigh out their options, and they're like, we're going to choose</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1006">16:46</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1006" data-t="1006">the safety of the crowd. We will sacrifice our children to Molok</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1011" data-t="1011">instead of doing the correct thing and protecting our children.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1015" data-t="1015">And, it's it's gonna be tough for them</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1019" data-t="1019">because there's not that safety,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1021" data-t="1021">and they're gonna have to live with the consequences</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1024" data-t="1024">of their decisions. Like, I I just don't feel like</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1027">17:07</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1027" data-t="1027">where we're at and where we're going, there's gonna be the same level of safety net</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1033" data-t="1033">where you can make really bad decisions.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1039" data-t="1039">I'm I'm seeing a lot of people</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1043" data-t="1043">a lot of people</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1045" data-t="1045">post about, you know, various cancers and, you know, I have friends that are impacted by this,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1050" data-t="1050">you know, various health issues,</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1053">17:33</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1053" data-t="1053">you know, young, healthy people.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1055" data-t="1055">And I'm wondering</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1058" data-t="1058">it it's like one of those things that's impossible</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1060" data-t="1060">to determine,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1062" data-t="1062">you know, the causation</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1063" data-t="1063">of sometimes, but I I wonder</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1067">17:47</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1067" data-t="1067">if it's</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1069" data-t="1069">been impacted or accelerated</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1071" data-t="1071">because of the vaccine.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1073" data-t="1073">That was a test.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1076" data-t="1076">That was a test that a lot of people failed. A lot of really intelligent people failed.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1082" data-t="1082">It was a hard test.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1085">18:05</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1085" data-t="1085">A lot of people faced a lot of</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1088" data-t="1088">extreme</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1089" data-t="1089">social pressures, but there's gonna be a lot of tests like that going forward.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1093" data-t="1093">We're we're being subjected to these types of tests</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1097" data-t="1097">on a daily basis.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1099" data-t="1099">You know, these decisions</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1101">18:21</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1101" data-t="1101">of either setting yourself up for success or just completely neutering</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1108" data-t="1108">your ability to thrive</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1110" data-t="1110">in the future.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1112" data-t="1112">And I don't think it's ever been more important to use your brain.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1115" data-t="1115">Never been more important to use your or to listen to Bitcoin podcast. It's never been more important to smoke cigarettes.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1124" data-t="1124">It it it's really never been more important to really, like, trust yourself and trust your gut and,</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1131">18:51</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1131" data-t="1131">you know, believe in yourself.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1134" data-t="1134">Because I think part of,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1135" data-t="1135">making good decisions</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1137" data-t="1137">is is really believing in yourself, like, really putting your time</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1142" data-t="1142">into investing in yourself, investing in your relationships,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1146" data-t="1146">building yourself out,</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1149">19:09</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1149" data-t="1149">being around other people that built you up. I'm gonna play an ad</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1156" data-t="1156">from the selection special.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1158" data-t="1158">Because I I I think these like, going I I said this earlier, but, you know, going back and remembering,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1164" data-t="1164">you know, the feelings and emotions that were happening at the time</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1168" data-t="1168">is important. You know, remembering</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1171" data-t="1171">the topics that were being debated,</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1174">19:34</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1174" data-t="1174">because it's so easy to forget. And and when you forget</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1178" data-t="1178">about how quickly things change, how how</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1182" data-t="1182">how</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1183" data-t="1183">upset the plabs were</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1186" data-t="1186">at the time,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1189" data-t="1189">you know,</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1190">19:50</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1190" data-t="1190">the the grandstand,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1191" data-t="1191">they're they're ready to,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1193" data-t="1193">you know, throw down. You know, there were people protesting,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1197" data-t="1197">you know, pretty</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1199" data-t="1199">violently in some cases, like, leading up to the election about things like abortion.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1203" data-t="1203">When you forget about those things, it it you forget the context</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1208">20:08</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1208" data-t="1208">needed</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1210" data-t="1210">to be able to make good accurate decisions in the moment</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1213" data-t="1213">because the same exact</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1216" data-t="1216">tools of manipulation</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1218" data-t="1218">are being used over and over again.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1222" data-t="1222">But here's the end.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1225">20:25</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Unknown</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1225" data-t="1225">On November 5, a Bitcoiner will be selected into the White House. Both candidates, Kamala Harris and Adolf Hitler, have embraced Bitcoin and crypto,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1233" data-t="1233">making this the most important selection in our nation's history. While it's not public who you vote for, it sure is public if you voted or not. That way, boomers who deeply care about our democracy can harass and shame you for not voting.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1246" data-t="1246">Remember, if you vote, you have no right to complain because you are helping to select non compliant criminals into office.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1252" data-t="1252">But voting is our sacred duty. Our generation's grandfathers stormed the beaches of Normandy in order to save the Jews from the Holocaust,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1260" data-t="1260">so the nation of Israel could be founded in order for your tax dollars to go towards funding the Iron Dome.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1267" data-t="1267">Voting is your sacred duty because you exist only for two reasons. You exist to vote in order to give legitimacy to government, and two, to generate tax dollars for government to export democracy to places that don't want it. Savages living peacefully around the world need to be conquered in order to serve US corporations</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1284">21:24</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Unknown</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1284" data-t="1284">and to enlighten them to the wonders of gender and democracy.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1288" data-t="1288">You can see why the selection is so high stakes and requires you to participate in it. Both candidates have made so many promises to do so many great things for you. Both have promised to print a lot of money in order to make Bitcoin go up. Both have promised to make things cheaper while at the same time make taxes affordable.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1305" data-t="1305">Fortunately, both candidates feel strongly about using million dollar missiles to shoot down thousand dollar missiles. But you can only vote for one of them, and the choice is yours. This is the most important selection in the history of the world. That is until Dennis Porter runs in 2028.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1321" data-t="1321">Make sure to get to the polls to vote in person. But if you can't, follow Ted Kaczynski's advice. The clip got cut off, but it ends by saying vote by mail. So yeah. I mean, one of the things about Donald Trump is many people were excited about</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1334">22:14</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1334" data-t="1334">him being a Bitcoin. David Bailey gave him that,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1337" data-t="1337">cashless coin or whatever it's called.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1340" data-t="1340">And,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1342" data-t="1342">he was the first</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1343" data-t="1343">president, at least that I'm aware of, that, you know, was ever self custody in Bitcoin. Because when David handed him that coin, that was self custody,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1351" data-t="1351">which was, you know, a very brilliant,</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1356">22:36</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1356" data-t="1356">marketing scheme by David.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1358" data-t="1358">Very brilliant. He was the first president to go to PubKey and,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1363" data-t="1363">have a failed lightning transaction. He was the first president to, you know, talk fondly about Bitcoin,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1371" data-t="1371">to posture</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1372" data-t="1372">on</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1373" data-t="1373">it, what did he do?</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1375">22:55</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1375" data-t="1375">He launched a meme coin</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1377" data-t="1377">on Solana, and then he sued people that criticized him for it.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1382" data-t="1382">Should it be surprising? I don't find it surprising.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1386" data-t="1386">You know, we're we're all shitcoiners</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1388" data-t="1388">in the eye of the Lord.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1392" data-t="1392">But you kinda have to expect</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1394">23:14</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1394" data-t="1394">politicians to be shitcoiners.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1396" data-t="1396">Because they're Fiat.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1398" data-t="1398">And and and shitcoins are fiat.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1400" data-t="1400">This this is where a lot of Bitcoin people</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1403" data-t="1403">fail to see.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1405" data-t="1405">They they kinda classify</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1408">23:28</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1408" data-t="1408">shitcoins as if it's like this</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1410" data-t="1410">entirely different,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1416" data-t="1416">it is it's like an entirely different category,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1420" data-t="1420">but it's not. It's it's the same as Fiat. It's literally the same.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1425" data-t="1425">What what is Bitcoin the representation</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1428" data-t="1428">of?</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1430">23:50</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1430" data-t="1430">Oh, it's gonna be different from for a lot of different people, but I I think what is exciting about Bitcoin</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1437" data-t="1437">is</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1438" data-t="1438">your inability to manipulate and control</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1441" data-t="1441">it.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1443" data-t="1443">There's, like, a a set there's something set to it. Like, I I know when I go and I buy cigarettes and I do an on chain transaction,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1452" data-t="1452">then I'll do these little lightning</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1454">24:14</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1454" data-t="1454">cigarette transactions. I buy a lot of cigarettes at once.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1458" data-t="1458">I have a lot of cigarettes to buy.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1460" data-t="1460">Do it on chain transaction.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1463" data-t="1463">I know</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1465" data-t="1465">that the pool's gonna mine it.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1467" data-t="1467">It's not gonna be censored. My transaction is not gonna be reversed.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1472">24:32</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1472" data-t="1472">And</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1473" data-t="1473">there's really not a lot of review process. It's not like there's eyeballs on it where</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1479" data-t="1479">the pool</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1480" data-t="1480">is evaluating the transaction and whether they're gonna take it or not, whether they deem my transaction worthy. And</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1487" data-t="1487">that it and that's kind of that's really cool.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1490" data-t="1490">And I I feel like</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1492">24:52</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1492" data-t="1492">what's strange right now about this environment</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1495" data-t="1495">that we're in in the discourse is, like, there there's some questioning</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1500" data-t="1500">of that.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1503" data-t="1503">You know, should should the pools or or should different individuals have a review process over my</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1509" data-t="1509">transaction</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1510" data-t="1510">for cigarettes or or, you know, whatever the transaction is.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1514">25:14</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1514" data-t="1514">And I know that is</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1517" data-t="1517">upsetting.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1518" data-t="1518">This is gonna be upsetting, you know, the Nazi plus.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1523" data-t="1523">I don't really</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1525" data-t="1525">care. But it's just that it's it's a very different dynamic,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1529" data-t="1529">that has entered the mix</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1532">25:32</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1532" data-t="1532">of, you know,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1534" data-t="1534">suggesting that that</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1536" data-t="1536">should be questioned. And I think it's an interesting precedent. Like, this is,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1540" data-t="1540">you know, the the the fiat world, the political world has changed</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1545" data-t="1545">dramatically.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1546" data-t="1546">Trump came in. He completely eviscerated the left</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1550">25:50</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1550" data-t="1550">Completely.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1551" data-t="1551">Alright. Total disarray.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1554" data-t="1554">Nobody likes them. Nobody liked them in the first place, but they they were powerful before. And,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1561" data-t="1561">these individuals that had all the power,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1565" data-t="1565">They had control of all the institutions, and and they had in many ways, they had control of all the culture.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1572" data-t="1572">Lost it.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1573">26:13</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1573" data-t="1573">It's a radical change</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1576" data-t="1576">within a year. Has it really yielded anything different? Well, we're still ruled by the Epstein last.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1582" data-t="1582">And,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1585" data-t="1585">that's pretty clear. The wars are still going on. The printing is still going on. The tax is still going on.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1592" data-t="1592">There's been some superficial changes.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1594" data-t="1594">Less of an emphasis on transgender bathrooms. The culture war has changed a lot. You can say gay and retard now.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1602">26:42</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1602" data-t="1602">Pretty close to being able to say the n word.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1605" data-t="1605">You hear people saying it all the time, but they're not saying it publicly yet.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1610" data-t="1610">Maybe in a couple of years.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1613" data-t="1613">Probably coming.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1616" data-t="1616">White people are gonna get their n word privileges. Like, that's that's</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1620" data-t="1620">one of the impacts of fascism</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1623">27:03</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1623" data-t="1623">is that white people could say the n word</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1626" data-t="1626">on podcast</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1628" data-t="1628">and on Twitter. Some some people are already, but not very many are brave enough yet. But the the Bitcoin ecosystem has changed</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1636" data-t="1636">quite a</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1637" data-t="1637">bit.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1638" data-t="1638">Quite a bit.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1641">27:21</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1641" data-t="1641">And I think it will continue to change. I mean, we we've seen this rise of stablecoin, and we're gonna see continue to see this rise of stablecoins. We're</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1649" data-t="1649">it's you know, Bitcoin</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1653" data-t="1653">and Tether</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1654" data-t="1654">have become this giant geopolitical</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1659" data-t="1659">chess game. Like, it it's the forefront of the</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1665" data-t="1665">geopolitical</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1666">27:46</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1666" data-t="1666">monetary</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1667" data-t="1667">warfare</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1668" data-t="1668">that's going on. You got Scott Besant</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1671" data-t="1671">shelling Bitcoin. Pretty weird. But at the same time, you know, there there's,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1676" data-t="1676">you know,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1677" data-t="1677">it's</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1678">27:58</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1678" data-t="1678">it's hard to say what's real because you've seen</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1684" data-t="1684">this posturing</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1685" data-t="1685">of Donald Trump and, you know, these other people saying that they're ending ending operation</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1691" data-t="1691">choke point two point o.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1693" data-t="1693">They're being friendlier</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1694" data-t="1694">towards crypto businesses.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1698">28:18</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1698" data-t="1698">But then you also see the developers getting prosecuted. And</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1702" data-t="1702">in the Bitcoin ecosystem, you see a lot of people, you know, talking about how the state's gonna come in and regulate</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1709" data-t="1709">the way that you operate a Bitcoin then, unless you change. You gotta out comply the state before they come and regulate you.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1718" data-t="1718">And whether that's just,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1722" data-t="1722">you know, kinda like</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1725" data-t="1725">those are vapid arguments that are never gonna</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1729">28:49</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1729" data-t="1729">come to fruition</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1730" data-t="1730">or</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1731" data-t="1731">if they're real,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1734" data-t="1734">it it's a massive change in discussion and conversation</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1739" data-t="1739">that wasn't being had before.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1742" data-t="1742">And,</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1743">29:03</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1743" data-t="1743">some people might,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1745" data-t="1745">you know, explain that as,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1747" data-t="1747">Bitcoin Core</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1749" data-t="1749">making</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1750" data-t="1750">changes.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1754" data-t="1754">I don't know. I mean, maybe there's a part of living in in fascist America.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1762">29:22</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1762" data-t="1762">Like, we could have had a complete retarder running things,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1765" data-t="1765">and people wouldn't have been as upset</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1768" data-t="1768">at the court desk for being woke and gay.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1773" data-t="1773">That's kind of a that's kind of an interesting thing to think about just from, like, a cultural standpoint. But the Overton window has shifted, and the Nazi plebs are not putting up with gay</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1784" data-t="1784">and woke court</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1786" data-t="1786">at all. It's just interesting. It's it's interesting to see</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1791">29:51</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1791" data-t="1791">these tides</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1794" data-t="1794">culturally,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1795" data-t="1795">the way that they shift,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1797" data-t="1797">the way that they change.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1800" data-t="1800">I I I think a lot of the plabs, you know, their their opinion they they get these firmware updates.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1807" data-t="1807">And in many ways,</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1809">30:09</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1809" data-t="1809">the selection cycles are firmware updates</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1815" data-t="1815">for the plans.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1819" data-t="1819">And,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1820" data-t="1820">I think,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1822" data-t="1822">you know, the the political</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1824" data-t="1824">system in The United States, and I imagine this is very similar in other parts of the world because, you know, democracy</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1834">30:34</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1834" data-t="1834">and these two party systems,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1837" data-t="1837">which a lot of countries have, so effective</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1841" data-t="1841">at channeling</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1845" data-t="1845">just just completely immobilizing the plots because they they they fight each other.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1851" data-t="1851">In the in The United States, you know, the Republicans are always mad at the Democrats. Everything is at the Democrats'</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1857" data-t="1857">fault, and the Democrats are always mad</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1861">31:01</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1861" data-t="1861">at the Republicans.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1863" data-t="1863">And they're they're too busy being mad</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1865" data-t="1865">to have any sort of self awareness as to what's going on and and realizing,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1870" data-t="1870">you know, who's really screwing them. It's the Epstein client list.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1874" data-t="1874">And</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1876" data-t="1876">we've seen</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1879">31:19</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1879" data-t="1879">multiple Nazi players try to frame the conversation</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1883" data-t="1883">as if the</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1885" data-t="1885">what whatever the the current scuffle is and argument around relay policy</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1890" data-t="1890">as if this is a right versus left issue.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1895" data-t="1895">And</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1897" data-t="1897">we've seen the Bitcoin ecosystem really become</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1902">31:42</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1902" data-t="1902">aligned on two sides and people fighting each other. You've got,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1907" data-t="1907">you know, the the intellectual elite on either side, you know, constantly bickering with each other,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1914" data-t="1914">constantly bickering with each other.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1918" data-t="1918">And it's it's really drowning out</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1921" data-t="1921">a lot of interesting stuff that's happening.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1926" data-t="1926">It's kind of important,</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1928">32:08</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1928" data-t="1928">such</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1930" data-t="1930">as developers getting prosecuted,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1932" data-t="1932">such as</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1934" data-t="1934">there not being a lot of energy</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1936" data-t="1936">put into</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1939" data-t="1939">well, there there's hardly as much energy being put into</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1944">32:24</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1944" data-t="1944">building things and shipping things and deploying things because there's so much energy being spent on fighting</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1951" data-t="1951">each other. It it is just it is kinda fascinating to watch. It is fascinating to watch</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1958" data-t="1958">these two camps. And and I think</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1963" data-t="1963">it's not</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1964" data-t="1964">a, like, a full perspective, but it's</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1967" data-t="1967">because there are a lot of people doing things. And, you know, to be fair, most Bitcoin users just don't give a shit.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1975">32:55</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1975" data-t="1975">A lot of Bitcoin users</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1976" data-t="1976">don't even know</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1978" data-t="1978">what's going on.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1981" data-t="1981">A lot of Bitcoin users don't know who Luke Dash jr is. They don't know who Peter Todd is.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1987" data-t="1987">They don't care.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1989" data-t="1989">But</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1991">33:11</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1991" data-t="1991">some of these things could be consequential.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1994" data-t="1994">If this,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1996" data-t="1996">software is, you know, contentiously</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1999" data-t="1999">implemented, it it could</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2002" data-t="2002">create a mess,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2004" data-t="2004">could create a very messy situation beyond just the it's been socially messy,</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2011">33:31</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2011" data-t="2011">but it could be messy</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2013" data-t="2013">in the protocol level.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2017" data-t="2017">Now I'm not gonna speak to that too much, but</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2023" data-t="2023">I think a lot of people are gonna have a hard time unless they're just willing to embrace the chaos and just accept it.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2032" data-t="2032">If they're too set on their ideals of this is how I want the world to look,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2038" data-t="2038">and I'm not gonna be on or I'm not gonna be happy unless it looks exactly how I want it to,</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2044">34:04</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2044" data-t="2044">they're gonna be unhappy. Like, you you have to</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2048" data-t="2048">live life</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2049" data-t="2049">on life's terms and just embrace it.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2053" data-t="2053">You gotta embrace the things coming at you. I'm not saying that you you</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2058" data-t="2058">have to put up with the bullshit. You shouldn't put up with the bullshit</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2062" data-t="2062">at all.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2063">34:23</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2063" data-t="2063">But you you kinda have to</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2067" data-t="2067">just accept that there's going to be bullshit. It's unavoidable.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2071" data-t="2071">It's like</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2072" data-t="2072">and and that's a big distinguish,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2074" data-t="2074">man.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2076" data-t="2076">And I think that's that's</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2080">34:40</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2080" data-t="2080">where I'm seeing the the difference in attitudes</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2083" data-t="2083">that different people have because,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2085" data-t="2085">you know, a lot of people that think the Nazis are retarded,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2091" data-t="2091">they don't</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2094" data-t="2094">necessarily</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2096" data-t="2096">vehemently support core. I wouldn't call them core Venus.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2101">35:01</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2101" data-t="2101">And I think it's okay to be, you know, in this,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2105" data-t="2105">you know, as the Nazis frame and a lot a left versus right</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2109" data-t="2109">battle. I think it's it's fine to be politically homeless like a day. I think most of the people that</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2114" data-t="2114">interact with Bitcoin or or historically</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2117" data-t="2117">have have been excited about Bitcoin because they they have been politically homeless. Like, they they don't</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2123" data-t="2123">they don't care about the key fave. They realize it's all bullshit. They're like, oh, my interests aren't getting represented.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2131">35:31</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2131" data-t="2131">My taxes aren't getting cheaper no matter who's in the office.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2136" data-t="2136">My purchase purchasing power is constantly getting hurt. Everything's getting more expensive. It is okay to be politically homeless.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2145" data-t="2145">But, yeah,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2148" data-t="2148">it's been an incredibly</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2149" data-t="2149">wild year.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2152" data-t="2152">We'll probably do an end of the year recap</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2155">35:55</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2155" data-t="2155">in December,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2157" data-t="2157">but, you know, just looking at the the political world around us, you know, the world has changed</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2163" data-t="2163">dramatically.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2165" data-t="2165">Afghanistan,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2166" data-t="2166">I I I just can't get over this. Fucking Afghanistan</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2170" data-t="2170">tried to invade Pakistan.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2173">36:13</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2173" data-t="2173">How</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2174" data-t="2174">how</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2175" data-t="2175">crazy</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2176" data-t="2176">is that? The Taliban</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2178" data-t="2178">is an organized group.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2181" data-t="2181">After the US government being in there so the Soviets were in there, they're trying to pummel them, completely fail.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2188">36:28</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2188" data-t="2188">US is in there, pummeling him for a long time.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2192" data-t="2192">Eventually, gave up. Now these guys tried to invade Pakistan,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2196" data-t="2196">got totally</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2197" data-t="2197">spanked.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2199" data-t="2199">I don't know if Pakistan is gonna try and,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2202" data-t="2202">I think they know better, but</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2206">36:46</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2206" data-t="2206">that that's where we're at in the world</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2208" data-t="2208">right now.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2210" data-t="2210">It's so fucking crazy. Pakistan is trying to invade or sorry.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2215" data-t="2215">Afghanistan</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2216" data-t="2216">is trying to invade Pakistan.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2219" data-t="2219">And we're gonna we're gonna see a lot of really crazy shit like that going forward.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2226">37:06</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2226" data-t="2226">It's not over. It's just it, in many ways, it's just starting, and</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2233" data-t="2233">it's it's never been a better time to be a pioneer,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2236" data-t="2236">you know, and have that mindset. And, you know, maybe maybe the pioneer meme and framing's kinda</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2242" data-t="2242">getting old and cheesy, but</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2245" data-t="2245">it's symbolic of, you know, this</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2249" data-t="2249">individual</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2250">37:30</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2250" data-t="2250">that that really takes responsibility for themselves, that reads out a drug and smokes cigarettes, that</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2258" data-t="2258">just focuses on the things that are important to them,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2262" data-t="2262">doubles down,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2264" data-t="2264">bets on themselves,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2266" data-t="2266">uses their brains.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2269" data-t="2269">But, yeah, I'm gonna be interested to see what</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2273">37:53</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2273" data-t="2273">Rod has in store. Yeah. Let me let me know what you think.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2277" data-t="2277">I'm curious to hear what our listeners think.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2281" data-t="2281">You know, drop a boost.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2283" data-t="2283">Let me know what, you know, your reflections on this past year of the the Trump presidency</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2288" data-t="2288">are.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2290" data-t="2290">Shoot me a message.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2292">38:12</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2292" data-t="2292">I'm pretty easy to find. You can find me on Twitter, Telegram, or Noster. Just shoot me a message. Let me know what you think. I'm sure you guys are gonna have some pretty good insights.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2301" data-t="2301">Yeah. Thanks for listening to my bit. Now on to Ron.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2305">38:25</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Kailey Welch</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2305" data-t="2305">This is part one of the Bugle's review of Donald Trump's first year in office. Part two featuring Rod's take will be coming out soon. Thank you all for listening. The fountain boost will be read on part two.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2326">38:46</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Unknown</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2326" data-t="2326">I lost my job today and my cards are maxed out. My wife is pissed. My life a mess, I feel doubt. Why can't we just print our problems away like the way boomers stayed back in the day?</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2336" data-t="2336">I look at my kids with a tear in my eye, question</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2351" data-t="2351">eye questioning whether they are destined for a war zone than die raising little soldiers to fight and protect this nation</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2357" data-t="2357">while I'm attempting to fight on starvation. How am I supposed to get around when they call the sweepers? That's no food, no car, no dignity, no doubt, stress. Now my heart has hurt. It's beaten out of my chest. Followed chapter seven after eating at McDonald's is not the best. I remember the days before the world went mad, back when I trusted the TV. It wasn't sad. I had a dollar in my pocket, Nikes on my feet. I miss the days when I could afford to eat good meat.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2379">39:39</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Unknown</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2379" data-t="2379">All I ever ask for is to be able to afford paying taxes,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2384" data-t="2384">but now the IRS is on my stick watching my transactions.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2388" data-t="2388">I can't afford to live this way. Can't you cut me some slack?</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2392" data-t="2392">Why can't someone else do the hard work to get our country</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2409" data-t="2409">the state.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2411" data-t="2411">There is no way I can't afford the fees if I pay late.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2418">40:18</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Unknown</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2418" data-t="2418">The sheriff is on my doorstep to kick me in the balls.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2423" data-t="2423">My phone won't stop ringing from debt collector</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2446" data-t="2446">I remember the days before the world went mad. Back when I trusted the TV, it wasn't sad. I had a dollar in my pocket and Nike's</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2453" data-t="2453">I miss the days when I could afford to eat good meat.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2457" data-t="2457">All I ever asked for is to be able to before they get taxed.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2461" data-t="2461">But now the IRS is on my dick watching my transactions.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2466">41:06</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Unknown</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2466" data-t="2466">I can't afford to live this way. Can't you cut me some slack?</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2470" data-t="2470">Why can't someone else do the hard work to get our country back?</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2475" data-t="2475">Every night I go to sleep, which I don't wake up. When we wake up in the morning, I can't afford whiskey in my cup. How can I numb out the pain and hide from reality? Why can't I find a way to escape the brutality?</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2489" data-t="2489">It's starting to seem like the only way out is to take</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2492" data-t="2492">action.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2493" data-t="2493">There is no way to hide from reality and choose distractions.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-2498">41:38</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Unknown</b> <span class="cue" id="t-2498" data-t="2498">The only way out is forwards. I will not give it.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2502" data-t="2502">Finding a way to afford to pay taxes is how we went.</span></span></p>